Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 04:11:11PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Neil Conway wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 20:49 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: > > > "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. > > > You > > > see it a lot in older texts. > > > > Interesting, I've ne

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Dave Page
Neil Conway wrote: > On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 20:49 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: >> "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You >> see it a lot in older texts. > > Interesting, I've never run across it before. It certainly sounds > awkward to me, but I can revert the c

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Neil Conway wrote: > On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 20:49 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: > > "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You > > see it a lot in older texts. > > Interesting, I've never run across it before. It certainly sounds > awkward to me, but I can revert the

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Neil Conway
On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 20:49 +0100, Gregory Stark wrote: > "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You > see it a lot in older texts. Interesting, I've never run across it before. It certainly sounds awkward to me, but I can revert the change if people would like.

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Gregory Stark wrote: > "Neil Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >>> I beg to differ. >> On what grounds? > > "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You > see it a lot in older texts. IIRC it's used heavily

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs:", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Gregory Stark
"Neil Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> I beg to differ. > > On what grounds? "which see" is an unusual formulation but it's actually pretty standard. You see it a lot in older texts. IIRC it's used heavily in the TeX book. It's probably

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs: ", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Neil Conway
On Wed, 2007-16-05 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > I beg to differ. On what grounds? -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so tha

Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs: ", which see for

2007-05-16 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Conway) writes: > Log Message: > --- > Fix a bunch of bad grammar in the docs: ", which see for more > information" is un-good English. I beg to differ. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Have TRUNCATE advance the affected table's relfrozenxid to

2007-05-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Log Message: --- Have TRUNCATE advance the affected table's relfrozenxid to RecentXmin, to avoid a later needless VACUUM for Xid-wraparound purposes. We can do this since the table is known to be left empty, so no Xid remains on it. Per discussion. Modified Files: -- pgsq

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Have the rewriteheap code freeze old tuples.

2007-05-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Log Message: --- Have the rewriteheap code freeze old tuples. This is safe because it is only applied to live tuples older than a recent Xmin, not to tuples that may be part of an update chain. Those still keep their original markings. This patch makes it possible for CLUSTER to advance